Air traffic control boss says he was ‘most disliked person in the UK’ after flight chaos

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Nats chief executive Martin Rolfe said he was widely disliked after UK air traffic control system failures in September disrupted flights for hundreds of thousands of passengers. The outages occurred twice and prompted Ryanair’s chief executive to call for Rolfe’s resignation.

Nats chief says he ‘quite enjoyed’ ignoring calls from Ryanair CEO to quit over system outages in September Business live – latest updates The boss of Nats has said he was “the most disliked person in the UK” after air traffic control systems failed twice in September, disrupting flights for hundreds of thousands of passengers. He told an aviation industry conference: “My name is Martin Rolfe, I’m the CEO of Nats – or as I like to think of myself, the most disliked person in the UK in September.” Continue reading...